Third straight weekly football honor for John DeMarco

Oct 08, 2007

PLYMOUTH, N.H. - For the third week in a row, the
starting quarterback on the Plymouth State University football team
was recognized by the New England Football Conference for his
performance in a Panther victory.

Junior John DeMarco (Milford, N.H./Milford) was
named to the NEFC Weekly Honor Roll on Monday after guiding the
Panthers to a 28-17 Boyd Division victory over Endicott
College. He was also on the NEFC Honor Roll two weeks ago
after a PSU win over UMass Dartmouth, and was the NEFC Offensive
Co-Player of the Week seven days ago after a triumph over Western
New England.

A 6'1", 220-pound quarterback, DeMarco (right) threw for
two touchdowns and ran for another in Saturday's win over
Endicott. He connected with senior WR Drew
Richardson (Newburgh, Maine) on a pair a scores, a
10-yarder in the second quarter that gave PSU the lead back, 14-10,
and a 65-yard bomb at the end of the third quarter to make it a
28-10 PSU lead. DeMarco completed 8-of-11 passes for 124 yards on
the afternoon, and also rushed 11 times for 54 yards and a
touchdown.

DeMarco leads the 16-team NEFC in passing efficiency (190.5), with
season totals of 33-for-58 (56.9 percent), 695 yards, seven TDs and
two INTs. He has also rushed for 253 yards (4.0 avg.) and seven
touchdowns, which is tied with PSU senior RB Jeff
Mack (Milford, N.H.) for fifth-best in the NEFC in
scoring.

The Panthers, ranked third again this week in the New England
Division III poll, have won their first five games for the seventh
time in school history and the first time since back-to-back 9-0
seasons in 1994 and 1995. PSU continues NEFC Boyd Division
play this Saturday with a key home game against Nichols College
(1:00 p.m. at Currier Field). PSU and Nichols are tied with Curry
for first place in the Boyd Division, all three schools at 3-0 in
divisional play.